Dallas Cowboys LB Sean Lee scheduled to have surgery Thursday

IRVING - Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee is expected to have surgery Thursday to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, head coach Jason Garrett said Tuesday.

Lee's operation will be performed by the team's medical staff.

The fifth-year veteran suffered the injury during the Cowboys' first organized team activity last month. Lee, for now, remains on the roster and Dallas has no immediate plans to change his status, an indication management has not ruled out a possible return before the end of the upcoming season. If Lee is designated for injured reserve, he would not be eligible to play in any games in 2014. If he is placed on the physically unable to perform list, he wouldn't be allowed to return to practice until Week 7. Recovery from ACL surgery usually takes six to nine months.

'We don't have to make that decision right now," Garrett said. "I think we want to go in there and do the surgery, get it done right , get him well and make those kinds of decisions. Typically doctors will give you a timetable and you see what's reasonable and you make your best roster move."

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